During the year of Nellie’s birth, the British army carried out the first successful blood transfusion using stored blood, the country of Poland was created and the infamous Battle of the Somme was fought. In Montana, USA, the largest change in temperature in a single day was recorded - from 44 degrees to minus 56 degrees in 24 hours.

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